Volume 108 January, 2016 PCLinuxOS Get A New Look For Your Multimedia Backup Player: Skin It! Strategies Get (Download) GIMP Tutorial: An Entire Convert A Photo Website To A Sketch With wget And more PCLinuxOS Magazine insPidaege..1. Table Of Contents 3 Welcome From The Chief Editor 5 PCLinunxOS Backup Strategies 11 Screenshot Showcase 12 Get (Download) An Entire Website With wget 14 Screenshot Showcase 15 ms_meme's New Year's Resolution 16 Game Zone: Conflicks Revolutionary Space Battles Donate To PCLinuxOS 18 PCLinuxOS Recipe Corner Community Supported. 19 Screenshot Showcase No Billionaires/Millionaires. No Corporate Backing Or Funding. 20 Get A New Look For Your Multimedia Player: Skin It! 25 Screenshot Showcase Click here to make a one-time donation through Google Checkout. 26 GIMP Tutorial: Convert A Photo To A Sketch 28 PCLinuxOS Family Member Spotlight: Aleph Or, click one of the amounts down below to make a monthly, recurring donation. 29 Screenshot Showcase 30 Tip Top Tips: Fix SlimJet Privacy (It's Tracking You By Default) 32 ms_meme's Nook: Texstar And Me 33 Solving Audio Problems With YouTube Videos On PCLinuxOS 35 Screenshot Showcase 36 Playing Drakensang Online In PCLinuxOS 39 Southwest Twice Baked Potatoes 40 PCLinuxOS Puzzled Partitions 43 More Screenshot Showcase PCLinuxOS Magazine Page 2 Welcome From The Chief Editor 'Tis the season to make “New Year’s Resolutions.” Between 40% and 50% of us will make them. I am not a member of that group, however. The only “resolution” I make every year is to not make a New Year’s resolution, and I’ve been quite successful, every year. It also saves a lot of disappointment. There will be resolutions to lose weight. There will be resolutions to quit smoking. There will be resolutions to quit drinking alcohol. There will be resolutions to love more, hate less, be less judgemental, be more tolerant, think more, etc. Virtually everything is up for grabs. Unfortunately, and despite the best of intentions, most resolutions will be nothing more than a distant memory by month’s end. In fact, it’s estimated that at least 25% of New Year’s resolutions will fall by the wayside just one week into the New Year. Nothing quite like starting off the New Year with a broken promise – to yourself, nonetheless. If you break your New Year’s resolutions, don’t despair. You have a lot of company. A 2013 study out of Scranton University (yes, they really do study stuff like this) finds that only 8% of New Year’s resolutions are actually kept. That means that of the people who make New Year’s resolutions, 92% break them. The practice of making New Year’s resolutions started over 4,000 years ago, with the Babylonians. They celebrated their New Year in March, presumably around Spring. And, it was a festive 11 day celebration. They would make promises to their introspection. That introspection allows us to The problem is, most people set unrealistic and gods, hoping to receive good favor from their gods acknowledge and vow to fix those aspects of our unattainable goals. In their mind, the goal is throughout the upcoming year. lives that we do not view favorably. It allows us to set attainable. But, in reality, it’s no more attainable than personal goals. For many, that introspection is being able to walk to Mars. Experts say that you For most of us – at least those who make New necessary. I, for one, am quite happy with my lot in should set realistic and attainable goals. Setting a Year’s resolutions (again … I’m not one of them) – life. I have “come to terms” with those personal goals goal of losing 100 pounds (or even 50 pounds) may New Year’s resolutions are an opportunity for that haven’t been achieved, and that probably never not be realistic, but setting a goal to lose 10 pounds will be achieved. by March 1 is a more realistic and attainable goal. PCLinuxOS Magazine Page 3 Welcome From The Chief Editor These same experts say to share your resolutions (goals) with others. That way, when your friends, family and acquaintances inquire about your Disclaimer progress, you can give (will want to give) a positive report. Certainly, no one wants to look like a liar, or a 1. 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It doesn’t need my help. otherwise, from the use of or inability to use the magazine, or any Chief Editor: Paul Arnote (parnote) of its contents, or from any action taken (or refrained from being Assistant Editor: Meemaw taken) as a result of using the magazine or any such contents or Artwork: Sproggy, Timeth, ms_meme, Meemaw If you are a person who makes New Year’s for any failure of performance, error, omission, interruption, Magazine Layout: Paul Arnote, Meemaw, ms_meme resolutions, I wish you the sincerest best of luck in deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, computer virus, communications line failure, theft or destruction or HTML Layout: YouCanToo keeping them. I’ll be right there, on the sidelines, unauthorized access to, alteration of, or use of information cheering you on. But, in so many ways, that contained on the magazine. Staff: ms_meme loudog introspection causes nothing but extra chaos in an 4. 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A different approach needs to be taken to re-introduce those files, which we will cover later. Before performing a backup, you may want to run a According to Wikipedia, it was somebody named Connie Eble who first got the program such as Bleachbit. It will remove accumulated junk, such as temporary phrase “S**t Happens” into print and, although he never actually said it, Forrest files and caches, reducing the size of the backup. Gump made the phrase famous in the movie that bore his name. Unfortunately though, “it” does happen, so we should be aware of the fact and take suitable precautions. When to do the backup Large corporations are aware of this and employ many IT professionals to As often as possible is the ideal answer, as often as practical is more realistic. maintain the integrity of their data. Realizing that nothing can be 100% safe, they This takes some thought. On my system, I have my home directory which, as usually have fall-back plans known as 'Damage limitation Strategies,' which stated above, contains my personal settings and some current 'work in progress' presumably means that they pass on the cost of the foul-ups to their customers.